Assessment of the Impact of SFCL on Voltage Sags in Power Distribution System

Author

Moon, Jong-Fil ; Lim, Sung-Hun ; Kim, Jae-Chul ; Yun, Sang-Yun

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Chungju Nat. Univ., Chungju, South Korea

Volume

21

Issue

3

fYear

2011

fDate

6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2161

Lastpage

2164

Abstract

This paper assesses and analyses the effects of superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) installed in power distribution system on voltage sags. First of all, resistor-type SFCL is modeled using PSCAD/EMTDC to represent the quench and recovery characteristics based on the experimental results. Next, typical power distribution system of Korea is modeled. When the SFCL is installed in various locations from the starting point to end point of feeders, improvement of voltage sag is evaluated using the Information of Technology Industry Council (ITIC) curve of customer´s loads when a fault occur. Finally, future studies needing to apply SFCL to power distribution system are presented.

Keywords

distribution networks; power supply quality; power system CAD; superconducting fault current limiters; ITIC curve; Information of Technology Industry Council; Korea; PSCAD/EMTDC; customer loads; power distribution system; quench characteristics; recovery characteristics; resistor-type SFCL; superconducting fault current limiter; voltage sags; Circuit faults; Fault currents; Impedance; Optical character recognition software; Power distribution; Power quality; Voltage fluctuations; ITIC; SFCL; power distribution system; voltage sag;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2010.2093592

Filename

5675721